Cooper ~ Rutherford
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Cooper ~ Rutherford Family History Notes compiled by Doris "Mickey" Hoover Colombatto from contributors: Lois Blake - Noble County Library, Caldwell, OH Coleen Snyder - IN Norman Rouch - OH Harley Barber - OH Tom Moore - Ml Ken Ramage - GA Research has been done for many years and this data is as accurate as could be determined. Census records are only as good as the informer so sometimes names are spelled differently and /or ages and birth places may be wrong. COOPERS MARRIED: McCLINTOCK KELLER DAVIDSON LANDIS MOORE MORRIS HENDERSON WILSON This year, 2000, has still not found the birth dates& marriage date in Ireland or death dates in Ohio for Samuel and Benza Cooper. C Family Group Sheet Husband's Full 1Slame •RR Chart No. Huabano-t County or Province, etc. State er Country Add. Info, on Husband Data Day Month Year City, Town or Place Birth n.a 1786 Ire! and Chr'nd Marr. Death hef 1870 Ohin Burial Places of Residence Ireland, ? MflTv1' and. Noble Co., OH Occupation fa-rmpT Church Affiliation Military Rec. O«ar otna. II any No 11)12) «c Maka aaparata thaal lor aaeh marr His Father Mother's Maiden Name Wife's Full Maiden Name Ben za RTTTHTCR•PORT) WHa'a Add. Info, on Wife Dala Day Month Year City, Town or Place County or Province, etc. State or Country Birth on 1795 TT*P1 and Chr'nd Death aft 1880 (Thin Burial Places of Residence occupation midwifp Church Affiliation Military Rec. Othar huabanda. II any No (1) (2) ate Maka taparala ahaat lor aaeh marr Her Father Mother's Maiden Name ChrMran'a Nam#» tn Full ChinIran's Sex (Arranged In wdtr ol birth) Dala Day Month Year City, Town or Place County or Province, etc. State or Country Add. Info on Children 1 Birth bef 1821 Ireland j_ Louise Cooner Marr. Full Name of Spouse Death ? McClintock Burial 12 Birth 20 8 1821 Ireland I ( Marv Ann Cooner Marr. 20 9 1835 9 Full Name of Spouse Death 1871 children Georee Keller Burial 3 Birth 6 9 1825 TTPIand 13 1L Jane Cooner Marr. 10 4 1839 children Full Name of Spouse Death aft 1895 Josenh Davidson Burial 4 Birth 1829 Ireland in 1850 Rebecca Cooner Marr. had 4 Full Name of Spouse Death children Abrah^ayn L. Land is Burial 1 5 * Birth 21 1 1830 Trpland T 1 Francis CooDer Marr. 10 Full Name of Spouse Death 3 9 1906* OH children Peter Moore Burial 1 6 Birth 10 6- 1831 Ir el and Marr. 3 3 1850 8 Full Name of Spouse Death 29 1 1905 Pike's Peak, Brown Co., IN children Michael Moore Burial 30 1 1905 Mt- Zion Cemetery IN 7 *** Birth 3 10 1835 Cleveland Cuyahoga Co. OH I Susan Cooner Marr. 13 9 1857 Buffalo Twp., Noble Co. OH 9 Full Name of Spouse Death 12 8 1910 Buffalo Twp., Noble Co. OH children •Burial Apollo (Pollard)Morri i 14 8 1910 Mt. Ephraim Cemetery ' OH 8 Birth 1 4 1837 Union Twp. Monroe Co. OH M Samuel Cooner. Jr Marr. 15 1 1863 7 Full Name of Spouse Death 20 5 1876 Center Twp. Noble Co. OH ch i1dren Cynthia Wilson Burial compiler Doris Colombatto Notes. * Jcnown as "Fannie" Address •soi 12 Briarton St. *** had 2nd marriage to city, state,ziP jarmington His.. MI 48331 William Henderson Date Norember 1999 on 30 June 1866 Additional Children and Sources: Husband's name Samuel COOPER Wife's name Benza RUTHERFORD Children's Names in Full City, Town or Place County or Province, etc. State or Country Add. Info on Children (Arranged In order of birth) Day Month Year Birth Marr. Full Name of Spouse Death Burial 10 Birth Marr. Full Name of Spouse Death Burial 11 Birth Marr. Full Name of Spouse Death Burial 12 Birth Marr. Full Name of Spouse Death Burial 13 Birth Marr. Full Name of Spouse Death Burial 14 Birth Marr. Full Name of Spouse Death Burial 15 Birth Marr. Full Name of Spouse Death Burial o Sources for Husband: Named nn dangher Susans death certificate and Obit OH 1850 Census, Union Twp, Monroe Go. OH - Samuel age 65 Ireland OH 1860 Census, Center Twp, Noble CoT OH - Samuel age 74, h. Ireland sources tor wife: Named on daughter Snsan' s death certificate and Obit OH 18*50 Census. Union [*wp — Banzai 55. Ireland OH 1860 Census, Center Twp ~ Betsey age 65, bt Ireland OH 1880 Census, Center Twp - .Tana age ft5 with dan Tanp & Joseph "Da-ridson Listed as raidwife/acoonoher fnr birth of Aaron Morris^ child of firsjfc marriage of daw, Susan to Apollo Morris Townd as Jane, ^Francis, Benzy, Benza, also Sources for Children: Mary Ann data — Harley "Rarber, Jane Cnoppr data — Col Rebecca - 1850 census in OH, Trannis data -jn Obi-h & nsnqna 1860 I87Q, Sarah - data of Tom Moore. Susan data Norm Roueh of 1st maf»riaff« and ?nd marriage data Dori s Oolombatto, Samuel JrT data - runneth Batnago Researcher, Lois BiaVe found cnnatia 1860-1880 and marriagap in Wobi t> fin, )H Census in Brown Co., TN hag immigration as 18^1 for brothers Peter * .Michael MooreMHra marri ed to sisters TranM Sarah Additional Information: NfiwapapftT. ar+,i n1 p nf Aaron Morri fl ann n-f Si^an'ff pp i t Al c marriage to Apollo Morris NOTE; The Eastern wen.tion of Center Twp, Noble Co (IB -waa TTwjrm *flp j Monroe Co before SAM1 The ages of this couple and their birth place is only on census records found in OHIO. Ireland is declared as birth place and their ages are estimated for Samuel as b. ca 1786 and Benza as b. ca 1795. Deaths are estimated according to census: Samuel died before 1870 and Benza died after 1880. Records for their first six daughters indicate those girls were born in Ireland - noted on death certificates. Susan the 7th daughter's death certificate shows she was born in Cleveland, Ohio and a later record for Samuel Jr. found his birth was in Union Twp., Noble Co., OH. Records were found by a researcher, Lois Blake, in Caldwell, OH. Further information was found by other descendants of some of the children, and will be so noted in their information. See ******* for contributors. The place in Ireland where this family originated is not known. One descendant says it may have been near or in Dublin but he has no proof, other than family stories. Supposedly, Benza was the grand daughter of the Duke of Rutherford who had a castle 20 Miles outside of Dublin that was destroyed in a 'Catholic Revolution'. However no such duke has ever been found in ANY country. It has been determined that the parents with six children may have come into the United States via Baltimore as Coleen Snyder of New Haven, IN (descended from Jane Cooper) says the family lived there for a time - she c thought her grandmother was born there (see Obits for Joseph Davidson) but census indicates otherwise. But we know the sixth daughter was born in Ireland which would mean the family departed and arrived after June 1831 when Sarah Cooper was born. On census in Brown Co., IN, for daughter, Sarah, in the 1900 census, there is data that she immigrated in 1831. This date was found by a descendant, Tom Moore in Grand Rapids, Ml in his research. It is believed Samuel Sr. was a farmer; and according to later records found in Susan Cooper's files, the mother "Benzy" was an accoucheur or midwife. At least she performed that service for her daughter's Susan's child, Aaron Morris, (the son of Susan's first husband, Apollo Morris). Benza is found with other given names so it is unknown whether "Benza" was a nickname or not. She is found listed as Francis, Jane, Benzie and Benzy. Other than Susan's birth certificate with the information that Cleveland, OH was her birth place, we have found no other record of the family living in Cleveland. The first census found is 1850 in Union Twp., Monroe County (later after 1851, this area became Center Twp., Noble Co., OH). At this time Samuel is listed as age 63 yrs, b. in Ireland and 'Banzey' is age 55 yrs, b. in Ireland. Census of 1850 reads: COOPER Samuel age 63 b. Ireland Banzey age 55 b. Ireland Susanna age 16 b. Ohio Samuel age 13 b. Ohio In the 1860 census Center Twp., Noble Co., OH COOPER Samuel age 74 b. Ire "Betsey" age 65 b. Ire Samuel Jr. age 23 b. OHIO 1870 census Tom Moore found a film for Center Twp., page 49, roll 315B see data under Samuel Cooper Jr. for 1870. At this time "Francis" age 78 is living with her son and family so assume that Samuel Sr. had died by this date. In the 1880 census we find Jane Cooper age 85 years living with her daughter, Jane and son-in-law Joseph Davidson in Center Twp., Noble County. The names of the children were first revealed by Coleen Snyder, when she and her mother went to Caldwell, OH in 1983, and checked out cemetery records and tombstones. In a letter she wrote in 1994, she said she found the c children listed as Louise m. McClintock, Fannie m. Moore, Sarah m. Moore, Rebecca m. Landis, Mary Ann m. George Keller, Susan m.1st to Morris & 2nd to Henderson, Samuel m. Maggie Carter, then Cynthia Wilson (this is WRONG as he was not married to Maggie Carter). Coleen also said that family history noted, "Benza would dance an Irish dance when old and say, 'Oh Lord! forgive me! I know you will do that.".